Press Release

InGuardians acquires UtiliSec, expanding its services and expertise in ICS security and training.

Seattle, WA, January, 2018 – InGuardians is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of UtiliSec, an information security consultancy focused on industrial control system security and training. UtiliSec’s founder, Justin Searle, has joined InGuardians as Director of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security. The acquisition provides InGuardians with additional industry expertise and bench strength.

“We are very excited that Justin Searle is once again part of the InGuardians family. InGuardians will continue to strengthen our role in the ICS community and we look forward for future developments”, said InGuardians President Mike Poor. Justin Searle, Utilisec’s founder, said, “InGuardians has excelled in ICS Security since 2010 – I’m happy to be bringing Utilisec’s expertise to bear to widen the breadth of experience the two firms have in industrial control systems, IoT security and hardware hacking.”

InGuardians strives to assemble the best and the brightest minds in Information Security, continuing to channel the collective talents of our team in providing actionable and business-focused information security consulting.